00:00A World Athletics panel has rejected 11 athlete transfer requests to Turkey
00:05over what it referred to as a
00:11Among those who made the requests were five Kenyan athletes
00:15including former women's marathon world record holder Brigid Kozge
00:19and four Jamaicans
00:21The panel said it believed that the approval of the applications
00:24would jeopardise eligibility and transfer of allegiance rules
00:28These regulations include criteria seeking to ensure a genuine link
00:32between the athlete and the nation they represent
00:34They were tightened seven years ago
00:37with the World Athletics Chief Sebastian Ko
00:39saying some instances of athletes switching allegiance
00:42were tantamount to human trafficking
00:44In 2016, the country's team included several athletes from Kenya
00:48and two from Jamaica
00:50The following year, Ramon Gulliev won the 200m gold
00:54after changing allegiance from Azerbaijan
00:57Qatar has also used financial incentives to draw foreign athletes
01:02Sorry for that
01:03Sorry for that
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